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May 16, 2025 1.Please read and sign our letter, already signed by several members of the Chancellor’s Data Privacy Working Group as well as advocacy organizations and NYC Council Members, in opposition to the weakening of DOE’s student privacy protections in their proposed amendments to Chancellor’s regulation A-820. If you would like to sign on, please fill out […]
May 16, 2025 in Newsletters, Updates by Michael Rance
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May 13, 2025 1. The NYC Council Education and Finance Committees are holding a hearing on the DOE budget and the School Capital Plan a week from today on Tuesday May 20; you can sign up here to testify. The hearing begins at 10 AM but public testimony won’t start until the afternoon and you can […]
May 13, 2025 in Newsletters, Updates by Michael Rance
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April 30, 2025 Tomorrow’s my birthday, and I’ve been reflecting on many things, including our advocacy for smaller classes and student privacy over many years. Despite all the challenges we’ve faced, I am proud of the community of parents, teachers, and concerned advocates we have built. You have helped Class Size Matters accomplish so much […]
May 1, 2025 in Newsletters, Uncategorized, Updates by leoniehaimson
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April 9. 2025 Yesterday, at a press conference at PS 88 in Queens, the Mayor, the Chancellor, the UFT and CSA with great fanfare announced that 746 schools will receive funding for next year to hire an additional 3700 teachers to lower class size. It was somewhat amazing to see how Mayor Adams, who has […]
April 10, 2025 in Newsletters, Uncategorized, Updates by leoniehaimson
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March 23, 2025 On Thursday morning, I spoke at the School Construction Authority board meeting, down in the bowels of Tweed, explaining how they have failed to fulfill their legal and ethical obligations to provide schools with the space necessary to comply with the class size law, and the requirements of the Public Authorities Law. […]
March 24, 2025 in Newsletters, Take Action, Updates by Michael Rance
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Feb. 15, 2025 1. Parents: a quick note to let you know that the deadline to run for your District Community Education or Citywide Council is tomorrow, Sunday Feb. 16. With all the chaos and corruption of the Trump administration and apparently the Mayor’s office as well, this is a way you can […]
February 15, 2025 in Newsletters, Uncategorized, Updates by leoniehaimson
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Feb. 7, 2025 An important update on privacy news: 1.As reported by the Daily News last night, four NYC schools were affected by the massive PowerSchool breach that occurred in December- contrary to previous assurances from the DOE: Fordham HS for the Arts; Long Island City High School; Lower East Side Prep and Westchester Square […]
February 15, 2025 in Newsletters, Updates by leoniehaimson
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Jan. 28, 2025 Dear all: Before the holiday break, about NYC schools were given an opportunity to apply for funding to lower class size next fall. The UFT now says that about 750 schools did apply, according to an article in Chalkbeat. We have posted a very short survey, asking if your school applied for […]
February 15, 2025 in Newsletters by leoniehaimson
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Dec. 29, 2024 Dear all — I hope you are having a wonderful holiday break. For many years, Class Size Matters has led the fight for smaller classes in NYC, which culminated in a new law passed in the Legislature, requiring class sizes be phased-in at all NYC schools. This reform was long overdue, given […]
February 15, 2025 in Newsletters, Updates by leoniehaimson
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Dec. 23, 2024 1. Just a quick note to let you know that along with the Education Law Center, we sent a letter to Commissioner Rosa last week, pointing out specific ways that NYC has been flouting the class size law. We urged her to require that DOE produce a five-year class size plan as […]
February 15, 2025 in Newsletters by leoniehaimson
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